According to Raw Story, the United States National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell is creating plans for a new policy that would make us all forget the debates about warrantless wiretaps. According to the article, the new policy would allow the United States Government access to read any email that you send and see any web […]
There is some good news for those of you out there that are hesitant to upgrade to Windows Vista. Microsoft has extended the amount of time that OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturer) have to sell Windows XP to the public. Many Microsoft OEMs, including Dell, Inc. have been pushing Microsoft to extend the availability of Windows […]
All of us has heard stories of the unfortunate employee that forwarded an email to everyone in the company that should have been private, and how that same employee was either fired or disciplined for that action. For those of us that sometimes are less than diligent about ensuring that we only click “Reply” instead […]
As some of you may know, Palm recently announced its new “mobile companion”, the Palm Foleo. This device was designed to work with your Palm Treo and other Palm handhelds to add functionality. It came to our attention that the Palm Foleo was canceled by Palm as of September 4, 2007.
According to Palm CEO Ed […]
When you are working at your computer do you ever have to sit and wait for the computer to respond? Does it seem like no matter what you do, it takes forever for your computer to respond. Keep reading for steps that you can take to speed up your sluggish PC.
As most people are aware, it is important to have proper security software installed and running on their PCs. This will help protect users from viruses, trojans, worms, and other malware. Austin Lane recommends that you are running an antivirus software package along with ad-ware and spy-ware protection software. Now, New Zealand’s banks are requiring it […]
A company named Domain Renewal is sending out renewal notices to domain owners. Domain Renewal is not the registrar and, despite their claims to the contrary, cannot renew your domain on your behalf. In all likelihood, they are just taking your money.
At Austin Lane Technologies, Inc., we do not utilize “Domain Renewal” or their services. If […]
As many of you know, Microsoft is very active in software patents and their accumulation. This only makes since because they are constantly striving to improve their products and wish to force others to pay to use their new and exciting technologies. In a recent turn of events, one of Microsoft’s patent applications describes software […]
Over the last few weeks, Austin Lane has seen an increase in the amount of SPAM passing through our servers. It turns out that a high percentage of this new SPAM is disguised or spoofed as coming from AmericanGreetings, or another greeting card site like funnypostcards.com. While many people may utilize these greeting card services to […]
Do you get a lot of email? What do you consider a lot of email? Do the same senders tend to send most of the email? These are questions you should ask yourself. If you answered the first and third questions “YES”, then filtering your email with Outlook Rules may benefit you.